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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1927)
University Library Comu Eurjtne, Orepr.n City Edition The Old Home Paper UKATIIKII. Oregon: Fair tonight and Wed neaday. Temperatures above sor ami with luw humidity. .Moder ate north to aorthweatdrly wind along th coaat. Associated Press and United Press'TelegrapIi Service Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade Frice Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1927. Number 610(5. mm - " . ... IB SHORT LINE MAY JOIN 1 VALLEYS; Crew at Work Be tween Butte Falls And Upper Lake MEOFORD. Ore. Auic 18. (AD The Mnil-Trt-hune will nay today: Further ninnii of railroad (Icvi'lopmcnt in the timber tl diriti'ii't between Butte Full, eastern terminal of the Pacific & Eu.tti'rn line. v generally reputed former Hill branch, now owned by She Owen Oregon Lumber company, under the name of the Med ford tagging Hallway and the Upper Kla math Luke, in foreshadowed ly the placing of a survey ing crew in the field Inat week, and the coming of a aecond crew tr begin work thin week. "Arrangements hava been mi! lor the aurveylng; crews 10 ob tain fond and shelter from hnmeatcadere and logging rarop" In th section In whlrh they will ork. The activity I coupled locally In the following aerlfi of rventa: CmurTuctlon Indicated. Th announcement atx weeks to by Jaa. II. Own, general manager of Ihii Owen Oregon Company plant In thla city, thai a railroad could bo bulll through the district at a rcaaonablo com. K'ontlnucil on page four) E E Duck Malady of Klamath Basin Will Be Again Investigated n rOTt.AXI). Ore.. Aug. It. (At L. T. Jeaaup, I'nlted Ktatea .aaorlat drainage engineer of Waahlngton, H. P., will leave to morrow for K In nun It Kalla to at tempt to lolve the myalerlotia deatha of wajer fowla In the federul bird refugea at Klamath and Mulheur Inkea. Kay ('. Steele, I'nlted Rtalea game war den here, will accompany hlin. VImII of Mr. Jeaaup and Mr. Rleeln will bo another rhnpter In over two year a of futllo attempt mnilo to aolve the Klnntnth hnaln duck tllaeaao. Ileynntl being vlrlitnlly anro Hint the affection which hna killed trna of thnuannda of duckt In Klnmath Inkea and mnrahea. la not trnnamlttable, the federal Inveatlgatnra hava determined nothing that would lend to the checking of the Infeatatlon. ('. O. Hperry. connected with the I'nlted Rtntea Illnloglral Hur vey ln Wnalilnuton, D. C la now InveatlKntliig the dlaenao. lie will naalat Mr. Jeaaup find Mr. Hleelo In their work. Building Permit1 $17,700 For Week New hullitlng activity In Klv ninth Knlla riurlnR Iho week rep-, reaenled a totril'atim of SI 7.700 City Recorder !,em I,. Clnghngen reported to the city council liiat night. ' "I cnnalder Mhnt volume of new linlldlng very good for thla time of year." A. I.! Illce, city building liMf ictnr, . commcnlod lodny. i Largest Individual permit wna for A fin. 000 apartment houae III want Klumatb Falli. N6 NEER WILL PROBE COPCO RAISES CAPITAL STOCK 100 PER CENT HAN FHANCIHCO. Aug l. I A. I ) - Slock hnlilt-ra of California-; Oregon Power company voted . yealenluy to lnrieaae the. author- j led raili'.i aim k from HS.OUO.. oiiii, divided Into 75. on.) aharea. of preferred stork a tut an equal amount f common mm k, with lluu i.ir value, to 13d, noil, ikmi, divided Into ir.o.lliMi alturua of I'oinmnn and If.o.ouu 'aharea of preferred aim k. The par value will remain the anme. The atwk holder also voted to re-cluaalfy the preferred attKk In to 4 4.3'i ahirea of 1 per rent cumulative; lu.ouo aharea of per cent cumulative; and i.KOO aharea of I per cent cumulative, "aerlva of lX7 " The block will be redeemable nt 110 and accrued dlvldenda on miday notice. At the option of the board of dlrectora. ' !ET WILL BE BUILT " '" , W. D. Miller Construction Company Low Bidder Or. Project . . . .... An unfortunate rondltlon-onr that ha. rauaed emh.rrament and Inrnnvenlenc In manyKI-; math funeral .ervlce-wlll be a thlttg of ,h. part with th. con-1 urtirtlon by the W. l. Miller, t'ona'rurilnn company of a mac adain road Into Llnkrlllo ceme tery llld a hava been opened by the ery rommllte. K !" cemetery gett. chairman, reported to May or Waltera In a communication laat night. Of four bid, the V. I). Miller f'onatructlon company with an offer of $1 10 40 wna the low eat bidder. Other hlda were aa followa: Dunn and linker Cnnatructlon company. 11717: Porter Ton t ruction company, I1KU: and Herman K. Wood. IISS3 J0. "Hlnca the W. K. Miller Con atructlon company la the low bid der, we are preparing to author ize them to atari work. ( "Due to the fact thnt thla la our firm offlclnl actum we thought It beat to auhmlt our Ulana to you before proceeding Aa aonn aa the work la complet ed to the aatlafaetion of the city engineer we will approve Invoice for thla work and auhmlt them to you for payment." (Sinned) J. F. RACK! KIT, Changes are Made In Building Code By Administration Material changes In the build; Ing rode of Klamath Kalla fol lowing a conference of the mayor 'and admlrlatratlnn offi cials with the bulldora exchange lual week, were authorised by the city council laat night. noalilnn today an attache of the Flrat and foremost waa low- Lnrlyg ffloe Mld: erlng of building permit fees -Three times In the laat month from $S for a permit ranging up ,,r BO, if thla office had had a to $1,000 to 2. B0. Flvo rinllara I fnK,,'r rrt expert we would will be churned for any permit ; hnv been able to consummate a for a building rniiRlng In price I quick arreat. Flncer prints were from 11,000 to 2S00. j n t the acene of the crime, hut Another change wna that ,1(.v could do lis no good." ' which will nllow- builders to uae j xhe county court haa favorably two stoves to a aven Inch flue. mouldered the propoaltlon and Instead of one. However, 11 was W confer with Portland police stipulated, a atove and a furnace 1 nuthnrliloa In the near future. It can not be ntlached lo ono sevoiiiuna aultl. Inch flue, oaly two atovea. A third rhnngn wna thnt In atenaT of Redwood Mud allla be ing uaed thnt the Oregon pro duct fir nnd cedar allla shnll be uaed In Klnmath Fnlla. WKATIIKIl. Tho ryrln-StormiiRriiph at t'n derwond'a Ph trmney shows thai hnromatrlc conditions wore prnc llcnlly unchanged during the last 24-hnur period. Continued fine wenlhnr Is probable. Forecast for next 24 hours: Fair and warm. Tho Tyros recording ther mometer registered maximum and minimum temperatures tntlny aa followa: High '82, low CO; rclntlvo hu midity 23, f (lDj i i n iiTiMo L I b n 1 1 IN b , - i mitted to Council By City Engineer Two plana for lighting Main atreet and aouth Sixth at reel- one of which would roat 1 7.000 j more than tno other were sub- milled to the city council laat I night by City Knglneer Don J zumwall. ' I One plan, propoaal number t. tculla for exjtendltur of $4V ,"au 4 4. according to the engl , neer'a eatlmate. I'ndcr thla I plan, eight llghla would be In lalalled to each block on Main atreet from Second to Kleventb I at reel a and alg to each block ftom Pine atreet to Iho Houthern ia, ifie viaduct. I tttandarda would be arranged I In either parallel or' oppoalte ayatem. A more conaarvatlve pn(poa num).r , .hrh mouW Mr Zumu ,.. mfna , f j,,., ,. V enslneer explained J , . ,. , .,. M. on Main atreet from Second Kleventb atreeta: five to each atreet from Pine to Klamath avo' fron) Ki.,h ,rllB to ,n, Sot,lhern Pacific viaduct. Rlandnrda In propoaal number 2 would be ar ranged In a alaggered or alter nate formation. "The council." Mayor Wattera told the city engineer." haa vir tually decided on eight llKhte to each atreet on Muln." "Do you reallie that that (Continued Oo Page Klght) County Court Asked to Cooperate With Sher iffs Office Katabllahment of a finger print bureau In Klamath which would be linked up with almllnr hu reaua In Portland and ' Sacra mento, and the hiring of a fin ger print expert probably H. II. Ingllng of Aahland la now being aerlotialy conaldcred by the Klamath county court aa a rcault of actlvltlea of the aher lffa office. It waa learned today. Queried in regard to the pro- Mr. Ingllng la said to he effi cient In finger print work and could meet any emergency thai would arlao In Klnmath Fulls. Federal Appraiser Will Arrive Soon To appraise securities put tip for loans from the federal land bunk, C. Illnkle. Spokane, Is ex pected to arrive here within the near future, according to word received by Mrs. 1.. R. Hague, secretary-treasury of tho Klamath Fulls National Farm Loan asso ciation. ' Loan commltteea of various aa aockitlnna In tho county chock over securities, nnd Mr, lllnkle'a mission Is- to re-chock. PLANS PRESENTED FINGER PRINT BUREAU PLAN Arguments For Two iyaaicais Are neara e r 11! t obcco- v anzeiu ae uomei oerore maisa chusetts Supreme Court Today; Bill of Ex ceptions to Judge's Rulings Presented HOHTON, Aug. 11. (At four ju.ucea oi tne iias.acnuM.iia the MasaachUMetta bnh. today hcurt . arRunmnu on the exceptlona taken by eoun el for Nicola Hacco and Bartolo- fuaal to decline to hear the mo meo Vaniettl to d.vlaiona giade tlona and to reqaeat that an by Judge Webater Thayer of the other auperlor court Judge be upertir court and Jintlce (iorge 1 i.uigned to hear item. A. handeraon of the atipreiuej Arthur II. Hill, chief defenac court. ,rounael appeared to argue for Tb-re were two bllla of ex- the exceptlona. Attorney C.en ceptlona. The flral waa to the'eral Arthur K. Reading repre lenlal by Juatice Kanderaon of a 'aented the atafe In oppoalng them, writ of error for which defenee; The Suffolk county court -ounacl had petitioned oo the houae In Pemberton Square, (round that the defendanla' con-1 where the hearing waa held, waa ttltutlona! rlghta bjd been vlo-iguarded. lated by the alleged prejudice of) Attorney Hill lubmltted a Judge Thayer, who prealded at lengthy brief algned by blmaelf their trial for muoder. iand by Eliaa Field and Richard The aecond bill excepted to ('. Evarta aa aaalatant council. Master Crook Forges Name Of E. L. Elliott; Sought by National Detective Agency Arreat of Ihinlel Forthrock. check forgjr extraordinary. Jtnt-' d here for Imperaonatlng K. I,, . . I and for chlng over 60 worth-: Kllioil, former oiairici anwrney. lea ehecke forging Mr. Elllott'a r the aame offenae. cbeig lorg natne. la expected in the near fu- Ing. lure by Klamath authoritlea. j "Kort brock waa clever." Deputy llurna Detective Agency la on Sheriff Mueller aald today. 'He the trail of the clever crook who waa affable, and able, and hla haa left behind him a tell-tale knowledge of law appeared to (rail of worlhleaa check a. j be fundamental. Whether he had Forthrock poaed aa an attor- ever been admitted to the bar. ney. During July he waa em-jl do not know. -ployed for a ahnrt time by El- "Since hia departure he haa liott. He auddenly left for Call- left a long trail of bum paper fornla and checka bearing the 'which will eventnally lead to hla forged algnature of Mr. Klllott ' arreat. we believe. In San Fran have been coming In almoat daily, jctaco he ordered booka. aent them Through criminal information to Elliott, forged a check on El agenciea, the aherlff'a office here lioti and took the change." Freight Rates on N.C.& O.Will be Lowered Aug. 26 Al.Tl'RAS. Cal.. Aug. 1. Ef- fectlve August 26. 192". red tie- tlona in livestock r.tes will he- come effective from Aituras. Cal., nd Nevada - California - Oregon railway polnta to San Francisco Calif., and bay points. Stockton. Sacramento. Marysvllle. San Jose, South vnilejo and l.oa Angeiea, California. Ratea on cattle are reduced ranging from $7.00 to $1S.00 per j ar to California bay points while a substantial reduction Is made , In rattle rates o l.oa A'ngeles. California, from Aituras, Cali fornia. 6 Cases Infantile Paralysis Reported In Klamath Fafls Countv health offlc! ila todny xnreaaed concern over the pre - llminnry manifestation of an epl- j Mrs. I.. B. Hague, secretary lemlc of infantile paralysis In treasurer of the Klamath Falla Klamath Fnlla. i National Farm Loan association. 8lx cases have been reported j smiled, to the county health unit office "1 should say ao. and here's during the past few days. Two ho reason I make the statement, have resulted In fat-.iltties. (During the past eight months. 'An epidemic of Infantile j members of thla association have pnrnlysla In California la appar- Paid off more federal farm loan ently beginning to touch Klum- j moTtgngea than during the pre ath," Dr. O. S. Newaom. medical i ceding nine year. -director of tho Klnmath County "That means Just one thing, health unit anld today. "There that the firmer of the Klamath have been 60 pises reported In I country Is making money, that northern California counties and j hla crop thla year la good and the amnll outbreak here is proh-j that the great Klamath basin ably traceable to that source." country la destined to be one of Ages of tho children suffering I the principal agricultural sections from the disease In Klnmath I In the northwest." range from iwo to eleven years. , . PHOPOS.WMiKJKtTKR. I MAKSIIFIKl.D. Ore., Aug. 1 (iT) By a vote of' 239 to R9, ! Rnndon, at a special election yea-1 terdny rejected a proposal to' sell the Munlclpnl Hydro-electric nlnnt there to rW. A. Hnttrent of Portland and Charles T. Peterson of Tacoms tor 1120,000. - r . r m I Judge Thayer's refusal to grant a ,. lritll , revocation of sen . .1 yun mm iwiu i mm ic uncovered a long criminal record agan5t Fori brock. He haa lieen ii.-i.uj .i.. k urutim tun ua i m ih.hj lim., , h, fo,orf"1 rar"' n', I Attractive Young I Woman Fined for Liquor Possession An attractive roting woman, Helen Stone. SOS Broad street, w vc,jm ,a;), , , of . 'ulck rld UB" Broad street by Deputy Sheriff Louia Mueller and Chief of Police Keith K Ambrose. She 'was charged with possession of Intoxicating liquor, released last, night on $100 ball, and thla morning pleaded guilty and waa fined I M00. She paid the fine. A quarter of a pint of whiskey I waa confiscated. Officers stated i they believed she had been sell ing liquor. Farmers Paying Up Federal Mortgages X I " he agricultural outlook ' a"00"1'" 10.1 MILK WALK. EAST NORTH FIELD. Mass., Ang. 1. (AP) Clarence De Mar. veteran marathoner. ran and walked 105 miles on sweet corn, grape Juice, water and milk. He and Wm. M. Letch have come by shank's mare from Reading Mass., to attend a Christian En deavor conference, - npninrunp RESIDENCE DISASTER HOVERS OVER fl F PHPnAiiAMn nri n ao i min DYNAMITED RACE GETS UNDER WAY Man Who Sat in Judg ment Over Sacco Vanzetti Attacked EAST MILTON. Mia.. Aug. 1. (API An exploaion believed b) the police to have been caused by a bomb equipped with a time fuae. wrecked the home early to day of Lewla McHardy. a Jurot in the Sacco-Vanzetti triul aeven yeara ago. Mrllardy. hia wife and three grown children who were blowi from their beds by the force ol the blaat, narrowly escaped death. All five suffered cuta.and bruiaea and Mrs. McHardy was thought to have suffered from concussion. She was trapped In her room on the aecond floor of the two and one-half story wooden houae. Police reecned her. Her hnaband waa able to work his way from the ruina and his two sons. Jjck and Theodore, carried their sis ter. Helen, from her room. Window .were, blown.from houaea a mile away and nearby trees were stripped of' their leaves. The s'dea of the McHardy house were blown out. The gran ite foundat'on was cracked, the front plain torn oft and a bulk head waa blown out of the back of the houae. Piece of the house were found 100 feet away. A line of police wus thrown about the wrecked house and ar Investigation started Immediately by atate police. Guards were dls (Continued on Page Three) E Owner Blamed; Fender Crashes in City Re . ported to Sheriff The horse wasn't blamed for this automobile accident; but the owner was. ' . Jack H. Phlllipsen. Lake hotel, hit a horse on The Dalles-California highway near Merrill and badly damaged his car. He claim ed that the owner ot the horse by allowing livestock to wander freely on the highway, had fail ed lo observe the herd law pass ed at the last session of the state legislature. "I'navoidable." was the judg ment of Ceorge Reed of an acci dent yesterday in which his car was struck on Fifth and Main streets by a machine driven by Mrs. Leslie Rogers. Batter ed fenders were the result. Reed waa backing away from the curb at the time. Fred Howard and C. A. Strong each blamed the other for a fender crash on Seventh and Pine streets. Howard said Strong was too close to the curb and hit htm as he was turning nut Into the street. Strong con tended that Howard turned from where he wna parked Into the street without giving sufficient warning. American 14-nanic Philadelphia 11 2 Celeveland ! 3 7 2 Ehmke and Cochrane: Miller, Orant, Levsen, Brown and Sew ell. National Itcngiic. Chlcigo S 7 fl Brooklyn 0 5 1 Root and Gonzales; McWeen ey and Henllne. Clnclunattl ' 2 13 3 Philadelphia 5 11 0 Rlxey, Knlp, Donahue and Pic- Inich; Sweetland aud Wilson. HQRS CAUSES AUTO ACCIDENT Three Planes Speed Out Over Pacific on Long Hop for $25,000 Prize; Engine ...... Trouble Stops Several Flyers Haaaawaaaaaaaaaa.a(aaaaaaaaaBaBBBaaaaBaaaaaaHaaaiaaaaaaB LATE FLASH MUNICIPAL AIRP(JrT, Oakland, Cal., Auf . 18, (AP) Three of the eight starters in the Dole Honolulu .light were in the air one hour and a half after tho first llane took the air today. The planes still in the air were the Golden Eagle, the Aloha and the Woolorac Of the other starters, the Oklahoma, Miss Dor an and Jie' Dallas Spirit got into the air but returned to the field. The El Encanto was wrecked in taking off, and the Pabco Flyer failed in its two attempts to get into the air. . MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, Oakland, CaL, Aug. 16, (AP) Five graceful mechanical birds raced oat over the Pacific ocean today toward Honolulu in' pursuit of the $35,000 Dole prize. The planes left in their wake one crashing on one side of the runway, one failing to take-off, and the third re maining because of motor" trouble. ';. ....... " ' ' it ti. SCHAUPP WILL ; rADDV nrwr UKKl JTlUrll INTO COURTS Although he resigned last night aed was immediately reappointed by Mayor Waiters. Arthur w. s.haupp. city attorney, win fight me moieuu.n ui uin muiia'""'? j to hold the city official position. ! "Sure I'll fight It:" Schaupp! stated today. "My resignation last j night was merely to make my pos- Ition absolutely secure, for when ! I was reappointed, I had lived j here two years." j Frank Pecholt. taxpayer, in a ; suit filed In circuit court last j week attacked Schaupp'k title to the official position, holding that; the charier In section 226 stated he should be s resident of Klam ath Falls two years before his ! appointment. Schaupp points to ano.ner aecuon ' cu.ri.-rj wnica aiaiea laai o .-l." must oe a resioeni oi me cny wi,,,. ..A ki.,,i, . .I..Hkil ,one year. ' ' ;a caravan from the Oregon State Schaupp at the time of resigna- Motor aitMOCon of Porvland will Uon last night had, been a resl-1 ftrrlTe , KUmatn rMn on Mon. I dent of the city for two years. ,day afternoon around two o'clock. His reappointment by Mayor T. Thla information waa received B. Watters made hia position 8e-in a m.lre from K Conway ot the ore- Portland office today, advising i However, he Is determined tothat ,he earavan be met by mero fight the case through the courta j Ders of tne chamber of commerce. .holding that Pecholt and his. u ta the pan of ,he caravan backers have misinterpreted thelto ieare ned Monday morning I meaning of the charter. :at eight o'clock and enroute to ! "I do not know whether the; Klamath Falls visit the Isva person who brought this suit ' against Schaupp waa Inspired by a desire to have appointments be yond legal question or Just to em barrass the administration," , Mayor Watters said. "Hut what ever the cause, I wish to state , to. the council that Inasmuch as "ftr. Schaupp's services to the , council bave been satisfactory and ' that Inasmuch aa he has now re sided in Klamath Falls for two 'years, I hereby recommend his : reappointment aa city attorney." 1 The reappointment was unan imously confirmed by the city council. j Following Is Mr. Schaupp's res : Ig nation: ' "An attempt Is being made at ' the present time through pro ceedings In the circuit court of ! this county to question my title ito act as city attorney. I under i stand the suit Is based upon the j theory th-it In order to hold this position one must have been a 1 resident of the city for two yeara relying npon section 22S ot tho ' cltv charter. x "Section 67 of 'the rharter reads as follows: "No person Is eligible to any appointive office. In this city, who at the time of j (Continued On Pago Eight), ! Piloted b- Bennett Griffin. land navi&ated y A1 1eia- j ley, started down the run- way and at the 4.ooo-foot j mark they headed out over . San Francisco bay, gaining J altitude slowly. Immediately in the wake ! 0f the Oklahoma, the El En- (Contlnued On Page Eight) Hospitality Committee) of Chamber Is Planning ' Warm Reception ' T() ,cqnl,nt themw,T wUh ,oa,nern Oregon from caTes. stop here for luncheon and If possible visit the Modoc lava beds and then motor on to Cra ter lake for s late dinner. 'w The entertainment of the Car avan will be placed In charge of the hoapltallty committee of the chamber of commerce with Paul Landry as chairman. ' ' An atteuiBt to have the party remain in Klamath Falla over night so as to better acquaint themselves with Klamath county will be made. Mrs. Nichols is First Woman to Swim Lake To Mrs. R. Nlchoia goes the honor of being the first woman to swim Lake o' the Woods. Thla was accomplished by Mrs. Nich ols on Sunday, denplta the pro testa of her husband and s num ber ot friends who apent tr week end at the Nlchoia cottage. The distance of over a mile and s half waa covered by Mr. Nlchoia In a little leaa ;han on hour. Not until shn waa part war arroaa the lake, did her friends discover she was attempting ' (o make ths swim. I Be ja. CARAVAN u u 15 DUE II '
